algorithmic trading, back testing, behavioral finance, historical prices, market diagnostics, mechanical trading systems, quant, quantitative strategy, research and development
In DEEP Investing on December 21, 2009 at 5:09 AM

- Nothing beats original investigation.

“Ninety-nine percent of the people in the business are followers. They’re not creative and they’re not willing to rely upon themselves to make decisions, so they rely upon other people.”
–Tom Demark

The Study
Covered approximately 6000 years of raw price data from the Philippine stock market
- 600 stock charts
- Approximately 240 listed companies
- 10 years of monthly price data
- 10 years of weekly price data
- 10 years of daily price data
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algorithmic trading, curtis faith, Jack Schwager, Market Wizards, mechanical trading systems, richard dennis, turtle experiment, william eckhardt
In DEEP Investing on October 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM

Can the skills of a successful trader be reduced to a set of rules?

“We are going to grow traders just like they grow turtles in Singapore.”
–Richard Dennis in Market Wizards

The Turtle Experiment
The story, which first appears in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards, by now has attained almost legendary status. Read the rest of this entry »
algorithmic trading, mechanical trading systems, RISK Management, systematic trading, trading plan
In DEEP Investing on September 20, 2009 at 2:40 PM

Do you, your broker or your investment manager have a pre-flight checklist?
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“After 20 years of trading, I find it almost impossible to trade without a plan that does not have fixed rules.”
–Robert Krauscz, New Market Wizard

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Can you imagine the pilot of a jumbo jet climbing into the cockpit, firing up the engines, and hurtling down the runway into the sky without a second thought? I mean, no checklist, no clearance from the tower, no nothin’? Read the rest of this entry »